The Actor Who Disappeared
{{short description|1941 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Actor Who Disappeared
| image = Attorescomparso gioi+donadi.jpg
| caption = Vivi Gioi and Giulio Donadio in the film
| director = Luigi Zampa
| producer = Raimondo Perretta
| based_on = Was wird hier gespielt? by Theo Lingen
| music = Salvatore Allegra
| writer = Guglielmo Usellini
Luigi Zampa
| starring = Vivi Gioi
María Mercader
Giulio Donadio
| cinematography = Domenico Scala
| editing = Tullio Chiarini
| studio = Imperial Film
| distributor = Industrie Cinematografiche Italiane
| released = {{film date|1941|6|2|df=yes}}
| runtime = 78 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
}}
The Actor Who Disappeared ({{langx|it|L'attore scomparso}}) is a 1941 Italian comedy mystery crime film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Vivi Gioi, María Mercader and Giulio Donadio. It is a remake of the German film Was wird hier gespielt? (1940) based on the eponymous play by Theo Lingen.{{cite web|url=https://www.mymovies.it/dizionario/recensione.asp?id=2391 |title=L'attore scomparso |work=MyMovies |accessdate=29 July 2020}} It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Pinzauti.
Synopsis
A young actor, frustrated by the negligible roles he keeps being cast in, plans a hoax. The play he is appearing in, involves his character being shot dead while hiding in a cupboard by an outraged husband. However, when the door is opened he has completely vanished forcing the management to return the audience's money. However, one of the spectators, a police officer had received an anonymous letter claiming that a murder was to take place at that theatre that night and begins an investigation.
Cast
- Vivi Gioi as L'attrice
- María Mercader as L'attrice ingenua
- Stefano Sibaldi as L'attore
- Giulio Donadio as Il commissario de polizia
- Carlo Campanini as L'altro attore
- Lauro Gazzolo as L'impresario
- Bianca Della Corte as La figlia
- Maria Jacobini as La madre
- Virgilio Riento as Il trovarobe
- Arturo Bragaglia as Il suggeritore
- Carlo Lombardi as Il "grande" attore
- Manoel Roero as Il regista
- Valentina Cortese as Minor role
References
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Bibliography
- Curti, Roberto. Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History. McFarland, 2022.
- Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0156303|title=The Actor Who Disappeared}}
{{Luigi Zampa}}
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Category:Italian mystery films
Category:1940s Italian-language films
Category:Italian black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Luigi Zampa
Category:Italian remakes of foreign films
Category:Remakes of German films
Category:Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
Category:Italian films based on plays
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